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title: Obsidian
date: 2022-11-23 16:23:31.700412
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  - Keyboard Shortcuts
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  A visual cheat-sheet for the 17 keyboard shortcuts found in the Obsidian knowledge base app.
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## Keyboard Shortcuts {.cols-2}

### Default Shortcuts

| Shortcut             | Action                      |
| -------------------- | --------------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `S`           | Save a file in the editor   |
| `Ctrl` `N`           | Create a new note           |
| `Ctrl` `P`           | Open the command palette    |
| `Ctrl` `O`           | Open the quick switcher     |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `F`   | Search in all files         |
| `Ctrl` `G`           | Open the graph view         |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `Left`  | Navigate backwards          |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `Right` | Navigate forwards           |
| `Ctrl` `F`           | Search the current file     |
| `Ctrl` `E`           | Toggle edit or preview mode |
| `Ctrl` `,`           | Open settings               |

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### Editing

| Shortcut      | Action                          |
| ------------- | ------------------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `B`    | Bold selected text              |
| `Ctrl` `I`    | Italic selected text            |
| `Ctrl` `K`    | Insert an external link         |
| `Ctrl` `]`    | Indent                          |
| `Ctrl` `[`    | Unindent                        |
| `Alt` `Enter` | Jump into the selected backlink |

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## Also see

- [Keyboard shortcuts for Obsidian](https://help.obsidian.md/How+to/Keyboard+shortcuts) _(help.obsidian.md)_